Symptoms and treatment of measles

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Measles is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by measles virus. The clinical symptoms were fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctival congestion, and gray spots with red halo in oral mucosa. The prognosis of simple measles is good, and the mortality of severe patients is high. How to timely understand the symptoms of measles and reasonable treatment has become our concern. Now talk about the symptoms and treatment of measles ppt

Symptoms and treatment of measles

Incubation period: generally 10 days ± 2 days (6-21 days), the incubation period of severe infection or acquired infection by blood transfusion can be as short as 6 days, and the incubation period can be extended to 3-4 weeks after receiving immune agents (whole blood, serum, immunoglobulin, etc.) or measles vaccine. At the end of incubation period, measles virus could be excreted from the secretion of upper respiratory tract. After several hours of contact with measles patients, some patients may have temporary mild upper respiratory symptoms and low fever, and even have a transient rash, but it is very rare.

Physical examination showed obvious congestion of oral and pharyngeal mucosa, catarrhal symptoms of upper respiratory tract (including conjunctiva oculi) inflammation, often accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms such as hypogastria, vomiting and diarrhea. There are fever, cough, runny nose, tears, photophobia, with varying degrees of systemic discomfort. Fever is usually low in the day and high in the night, rising day by day, up to 39-40 ℃. Febrile convulsions may occur in infants. Headache, dizziness, fatigue and drowsiness are often complained of in older children or adults. Cough gradually aggravated, mostly dry cough, because of upper respiratory tract mucosa inflammation often extended to the larynx, trachea, bronchus, cough often with hoarseness, young children and even shortness of breath and difficulty.

The rash began to appear 3-5 days after onset when the symptoms of respiratory tract catarrh and fever reached the peak, usually 1-2 days after the appearance of Coriolis plaque. At first, a light red macular papule appeared in the hairline behind the ear, gradually reaching the forehead, face and neck of the head, extending from top to bottom to the chest, abdomen and back, and finally reaching the limbs, to the palms and soles of the feet. It spread to the whole body in 2-3 days. The rash is mainly macular papules. At the beginning, the color is bright red and faded. The size varies. The average diameter is 2-5mm. The distribution is sparse and distinct. At the peak of eruption, the number of rashes increases, and the color becomes dark gradually. However, the skin between rashes is still normal, with occasional herpes or small hemorrhagic rashes.

matters needing attention

Isolation, rest, strengthen nursing. During the rash period, we should not only ensure the children with certain nutrition (digestible diet rich in protein and vitamins), but also maintain the health of eyes and mouth, and pay attention to indoor air exchange, but not let the children blow directly.